"The hotel's buffet."
"Is it good?"
"There's plenty of seafood."
"Isn't that a bit of an irrelevant answer?"
"Should I take a picture of you?"
"A photo is more convincing than any explanation. Go ahead and take it."
Ye Zhi sent me a photo of what she was eating. She is a very refined woman. Even at a buffet, she only took a small amount of food. The hotel was incredibly luxurious. If it were me, I would definitely eat my fill at such a high-end buffet.
Taking a deep drag of my cigarette, I suddenly had an idea in my loneliness. So I changed the subject from food and sent her a voice message: "After you finish eating, let's video chat for a while. I want to see the sea in Indonesia... Don't laugh at me, but I've never been abroad, let alone seen the sea in a foreign country!"
Ye Zhi didn't refuse me; she asked me to wait for her for a while.
I politely told her there was no rush and to take her time eating... but deep down I was really anxious because, besides the sea, I also wanted to see her.
...
While waiting for her, I ordered another seafood fried rice on Meituan. This time it wasn't the same delivery guy as before, but that didn't stop me from wanting to chat with him. I bribed him with a cigarette.
He sat down on the rock next to me for this cigarette. Including him, he was the fourth person to talk to me that night.
The information age is truly amazing! I'm clearly lonely, but I can use a mobile phone to order two delivery guys and chat with them in Shanghai and Indonesia for a while. What reason do I have to be dissatisfied?
...
The delivery guy smoked my cigarette while complaining about his life... but I wasn't impatient. Although I'm not a big shot, I'm happy to listen to the voices of ordinary people because I'm just like them, a very down-to-earth person...
I sometimes complain about life, feel hopeless about the future, and do things that hurt myself and others for the sake of saving face. But deep down, I also yearn for beauty and want to bring joy to others. For example, this skinny delivery guy in front of me—besides offering him a few words of comfort, I also earnestly write him a five-star review after he finishes his work, rather than just paying lip service without taking any action.
Deep down, I don't really think of myself as an unlucky person. On the contrary, I feel that these seemingly unlucky experiences are proof that I am living a real life. After all, we are just ordinary people with flesh and blood. How can we live a life without any setbacks? If one day I am lucky enough to succeed, and I look back at my unlucky self today, I will understand even more the importance of hard work for ordinary people like us.
...
Shortly after the delivery guy left, Ye Zhi finally sent me a video call invitation. My heart was racing, so I took a deep breath before answering the call.
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